School: Castlegannon, Mullinavat (roll number 13028)
- Location:
- Castlegannon, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 196
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- (continued from previous page)year 1801. My Grandfather told me an old story about the castle. He said that there was a hedge school there in olden times. He said he went to school there and they remained going there until the school fell down.
- Cill Créda means the Church of Saint Crede. There was a Church there long ago but it is a ruin now. There is a cement wall around the Church. There are tomb-stones in this old Graveyard dated back to the 17th Century. The walls were newly repaired and it looks very neat. There is one tomb-stone with the Crucifixion on it, and it is standing out in Relief. This Graveyard faces the north-East of Castlegannon School. There is a palm tree growing in the Chapel-yard. It was a beautiful place long ago. Kilcready is in the Parish of Ballyhale and the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Leatbharthaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcready, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcready, Co. Kilkenny
